Optimal Beam
ChatGPT pluginBeam analysis and steel shapes
Analyze general beams using your material and section properties, or choose steel sections from AISC, CISC, European, UK, and Australian/New Zealand catalogs. Search by dimensions and stiffness, inspect dimensioned section drawings, and compare section properties or beam responses. View the analyzed beam, reactions, shear, bending moment, deflection, slope, and available elastic stresses in interactive charts. Open the same beam in Optimal Beam to continue editing. No Optimal Beam account is required for analysis or catalog lookup in ChatGPT. This is linear elastic analysis, not a member-capacity or design-code check.
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Example prompts
- “Show me the dimensions, weight and properties of W44x408.”
- “Compare IPE 270, IPE 300 and IPE 330.”
- “Find the five lightest AISC W sections no deeper than 16 inches with Ix of at least 200 in⁴.”
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- Optimal Beam Inc. · Website
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- On Install
- Capabilities
- Analyze beams, Search steel sections, Read section properties
- Availability
- Available
- Version
- 0.2.1
- Created
- October 3, 2026
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